EP1888848B1 - Mandrin a fentes pour pieux a refoulement lateral et procede d'utilisation - Google Patents

Mandrin a fentes pour pieux a refoulement lateral et procede d'utilisation Download PDF

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EP1888848B1
EP1888848B1 EP06760254.0A EP06760254A EP1888848B1 EP 1888848 B1 EP1888848 B1 EP 1888848B1 EP 06760254 A EP06760254 A EP 06760254A EP 1888848 B1 EP1888848 B1 EP 1888848B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D3/00—Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil
    • E02D3/02—Improving by compacting
    • E02D3/08—Improving by compacting by inserting stones or lost bodies, e.g. compaction piles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D3/00—Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil
    • E02D3/02—Improving by compacting
    • E02D3/10—Improving by compacting by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22—Piles
    • E02D5/34—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same
    • E02D5/38—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds
    • E02D5/385—Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds with removal of the outer mould-pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/66—Mould-pipes or other moulds
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/72—Pile shoes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D7/00—Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mouldpipes, or other moulds
    • E02D7/18—Placing by vibrating

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  • the present invention relates to the installation of aggregate piers in foundation soils for the support of buildings, walls, industrial facilities, and transportation-related structures.
  • the invention is a method and apparatus for the efficient installation of aggregate piers through the use of a slotted mandrel that eliminates the need for an elevated hopper and complicated aggregate delivery system.
  • Heavy or settlement-sensitive facilities that are located in areas containing soft or weak soils are often supported on deep foundations, consisting of driven piles or drilled concrete piers.
  • the deep foundations are designed to transfer the structure loads through the soft soils to more competent soil strata.
  • aggregate piers have been increasingly used to support structures located in areas containing soft soils.
  • the piers are designed to reinforce and strengthen the soft layer and minimize resulting settlements.
  • the piers are constructed using a variety of methods including the drilling and tamping method described in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,249,892 and 6,354,766 ("short aggregate piers"), the driven mandrel method described in U.S. Patent No. 6,425,713 (“Lateral Displacement Pier), and the tamper head driven mandrel method known as the "Impact Pier" as disclosed in published U.S. patent application, Pub. No. US2004/0115011, dated June 17, 2004 .
  • the Short Aggregate Pier method ( U.S. Patent Nos. 5,249,892 and 6,354,766 ), which includes drilling or excavating a cavity, is an effective foundation solution when installed in cohesive soils where the sidewall stability of the hole is easily maintained.
  • the Lateral Displacement Pier U.S. Patent No. 6,425,713
  • Impact Pier U.S. patent application, Pub. No. US2004/0115011
  • the Lateral Displacement Pier is built by driving a pipe into the ground, drilling out the soil inside the pipe, filling the pipe with aggregate, and using the pipe to compact the aggregate "in thin lifts". A beveled edge is used at the bottom of the pipe for compaction.
  • the Impact Pier covers an extension of the Lateral Displacement Pier. In this case, a smaller diameter (8 to 16 inch) tamper head is driven into the ground.
  • the tamper head is attached to a pipe, which is filled with crushed stone once the tamper head is driven to the design depth.
  • the tamper head is lifted allowing stone to fall into the cavity and then the tamper head is driven back down densifying each lift of aggregate.
  • One advantage of the Impact Pier is the speed of pier construction.
  • US-A-4018056 discloses a system according to the preamble of claim 1, for forming cast-in-place caseless concrete piles wherein an elongated mandrel having a driving tip or foot releasably coupled on its lower end is driven into the ground to form a pile-forming hole.
  • the mandrel passes through the lower discharge opening of a fill hopper at ground level containing a supply of flowable concrete which flows by gravity into the pile-forming hole as it is being formed.
  • the fill hopper has a self-sealing rigid cylindrical skirt extending downwardly from the discharge opening, and the driving tip or foot has an enlarged circular portion of slightly larger diameter than the skirt and axially aligned vertically below the skirt to form the pile hole of such size and shape that the skirt advances into the pile hole during initial soil penetration of the tip to seal against loss of concrete along the ground.
  • the fill hopper is compartmentalised to provide a plurality of substantially like capacity subdivision compartments each adapted to receive a quantity of the flowable fill material, and discharge control means are provided for each of the compartments for permitting discharge of fill material into the pile-forming hole being formed by the mandrel and tip.
  • EP-A-1234916 teaches a process for producing columns in ground which has at least one unstable ground layer, the process comprising shaking a displacement device from the ground surface through a non-supporting ground layer up to a supported ground layer, constructing a lower column section supported by the supported ground layer, inserting a tubular sleeve from the ground surface into the lower column section, and filling the sleeve with material to form an upper column section supported by the sleeve.
  • the document also discloses a column body and an improved/stabilised building ground in which column bodies are distributed.
  • the material used to fill the upper column section is made from sand, water, concrete, stone, ballast or gravel, and the sleeve is made from steel, composite material or plastic.
  • the methods for both the Lateral Displacement Pier and the Impact Pier require either that a hopper, located at the top of the pipe or mandrel, be filled and lifted with the pipe or mandrel as part of pier installation activities, or that an aggregate delivery system be implemented to raise aggregate to the top of the pipe or mandrel during installation activities. Both the use of a raised hopper and the use of an aggregate delivery system add complexity and costs to the pier construction process.
  • the Slotted Mandrel Lateral Displacement Pier in accordance with the present invention is an improvement over the driven mandrel methods described in U.S. Patent No. 6,425,713 ("Lateral Displacement Pier), and the tamper head driven mandrel method disclosed in the aforecited published patent application US2004/0115011 (“Impact Pier”).
  • the present invention relies on the use of a slotted mandrel, during the construction of displacement aggregate piers, to allow for the introduction of aggregate into the mandrel at the grade level of the construction site.
  • the slotted mandrel is constructed with a series of longitudinal slots extending through a major length of the mandrel and, preferably, on opposite sides to provide two series or courses of slots along the length of the mandrel.
  • the mandrel is fitted with a sacrificial plate (disposable driving shoe) inserted into the head of the mandrel, which keeps soil from entering the mandrel during driving and is left at the bottom of the hole during aggregate placement and compaction.
  • a sacrificial plate dispenser for mandrel
  • the mandrel Prior to mandrel driving operations, the mandrel is positioned through a hole in the bottom of a stationery hopper and the tip or head of the mandrel rests on the ground surface.
  • the stationery hopper is then filled with aggregate.
  • the mandrel is then driven through the stationery hopper and its hole in the bottom to the mandrel's design depth.
  • the aggregate in the hopper enters into the mandrel through the specially-designed slots. The entering aggregate fills the mandrel as it is being driven downwards and prevents the matrix soils from entering into the slots.
  • Water may be added to the aggregate to increase aggregate flow through the mandrel and to aid in preventing matrix soils from entering the slots.
  • the slotted mandrel is continuously filled with aggregate and water, as necessary, as the aggregate in the hopper passes through the slots.
  • the present invention obviates the need for an expensive hopper that is raised with the mandrel during pier installation or the need for an expensive aggregate delivery system to the top of the mandrel should a raised hopper be considered undesirable.
  • the use of the slotted mandrel with the at-grade hopper allows site engineers to observe the flow of aggregate into the mandrel from the hopper, thus increasing confidence that aggregate is discharged appropriately at the correct depths during the compaction operations.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus in accordance with the preceding object in which aggregate can be filled into the slotted mandrel through elongated vertically arranged slots in a side wall of the mandrel.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus in accordance with the preceding objects which includes a hopper at the grade level of the construction site through which the mandrel passes to receive the aggregate as the mandrel is driven into the soil.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus in accordance with the preceding objects in which the slotted mandrel is fitted with a sacrificial plate inserted into the head of the mandrel.
  • the sacrificial plate keeps soil from entering the mandrel through its open bottom during driving and is left at the bottom of the hole during aggregate placement and compaction.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus in accordance with the preceding objects which includes the addition of water to the aggregate to increase aggregate flow through the mandrel and to aid in preventing matrix soils from entering the mandrel slots.
  • Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus in accordance with the preceding objects which deposits the aggregate into the hole through the open bottom of the mandrel in discrete lifts, and compacts each aggregate lift separately to both compact the aggregate in the hole and displace the aggregate laterally into the sidewalls of the hole.
  • a final object of the present invention to be specifically identified herein is to provide a method and apparatus for the installation of aggregate piers through the use of a slotted mandrel in accordance with the previous objects which mandrel can be readily constructed of available materials and provides a pier construction method and apparatus that is efficient and cost effective.
  • a method and apparatus for the efficient installation of aggregate piers in foundation soils.
  • the method consists of driving a slotted hollow mandrel, generally designated by reference numeral 10, into the foundation soils with a base machine 12 capable of driving the mandrel.
  • the base machine is typically equipped with a vibratory piling hammer 14 and the ability to apply a downward or crowd force to the mandrel 10 to achieve penetration.
  • the mandrel 10 Prior to driving, the mandrel 10 is fitted with a disposable driving shoe 16 which fits into the inside annulus 18 of the mandrel head 20 at the bottom of the mandrel.
  • the disposable driving shoe 16 is slightly larger than the annulus 18 of the mandrel head 20 and thus remains in position at the bottom of the mandrel during driving to the required driving depth.
  • the driving shoe may be fabricated from steel, steel alloys, wood, metal plates, or other suitable construction materials.
  • the bottom of the mandrel may contain a valve that can be closed and opened as the mandrel is driven and lifted.
  • the mandrel is positioned through a hopper 22 that remains stationery at the ground surface 24 during mandrel driving.
  • the hopper 22 is used to feed aggregate 26 to the mandrel 10 during driving.
  • the hopper is fitted with a 14-inch diameter hole 25 in its bottom 27 ( see Figure 4A ).
  • Other hole diameters may be used as appropriate with differing mandrel diameters.
  • the hole 25 may be circular or shaped to accommodate the cross-sectional shape of the mandrel.
  • the mandrel 10 passes through the hole 25 during driving to the desired depth.
  • the hopper is filled with aggregate 26.
  • the aggregate consists of "clean" stone with a maximum particle size of 1.5 inches and less than 5% passing the No. 200 sieve size (0.074 inches). Alternate aggregates may also be used such as clean stone maximum particles sizes ranging between 1 ⁇ 4-inch and 3 inches, aggregates with more than 5% passing the No. 200 sieve size, recycled concrete, slag, recycled asphalt, and other construction materials.
  • the maximum size of the aggregate should not exceed 50% of the width of the slots 28 (described hereinafter) in the mandrel 10.
  • elongated slots are cut longitudinally into the sides or body 30 of the mandrel.
  • two series or courses of slots 28 are cut, each on an opposite side 30 of the mandrel body 10.
  • the slots 28 are preferably about 6 inches wide and about 24 inches long, and are separated vertically by a distance of about 12 inches.
  • the number of courses and the width and length of the slots may be varied to achieve optimum flow of the rock into the mandrel depending on the cross-sectional size of the mandrel and the size of aggregate being used.
  • the mandrel 10 is constructed using, preferably, 1 ⁇ 2-inch or 3/8-inch thickness rolled steel that is bent to form a hexagon. This is shown in the top view of the mandrel in Figure 3 .
  • the open mandrel sides are welded together to form a continuous tube.
  • Other mandrel dimensions and shapes may also be used such as mandrels made from steel to form a square, octagonal, or other articulated shape, or a mandrel with circular cross-section.
  • the mandrel wall thickness may vary from 1 ⁇ 4-inch to one inch, depending on the mandrel diameter, length, mandrel construction materials, and driving conditions.
  • the mandrel is typically 10 to 40 feet long. However, alternate lengths, as short as 5 feet and as long as 70 feet may be used.
  • the mandrel head 20 is preferably in the form of a steel tamper foot 32 welded or bolted at the bottom of the mandrel 10.
  • the tamper foot 32 is cylindrical and has a maximum diameter of 14-inches. As shown in Figures 1 and 2 , the tamper foot 32 is approximately 8 inches thick and the sides 34 of the tamper foot are beveled at about a 45-degree angle. This shape pushes the aggregate out laterally during compaction operations.
  • the tamper foot 32 is also hollow. In the presently described embodiment, the diameter of the annular space 18 within the hollow tamper foot is about 10 inches.
  • the mandrel foot 32 may range in diameter from 6 inches to 24 inches depending on driving conditions.
  • the mandrel foot may also vary in thickness from one inch to 10 inches.
  • the annular space 18 may vary in diameter from 4 inches to 23.5 inches depending on the diameter of the mandrel foot.
  • the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the mandrel should be the same size or less than the maximum size of the mandrel foot.
  • the mandrel 10 is placed through the hopper 22 prior to filling the hopper with aggregate.
  • the hopper 22 is filled with aggregate 26 prior to driving the mandrel 10.
  • the mandrel is then driven through the hopper 22 to the design depth using the vibratory piling hammer 14 connected to the drive and support plate 23 welded or otherwise attached at the top of the mandrel 10.
  • the aggregate 26 flows from the hopper 22 and through the slots 28 in the side of the mandrel to fill the mandrel. Because the aggregate fills the inside of the mandrel, the surrounding soils cannot squeeze through the slots into the mandrel during driving.
  • water may be added to the aggregate during driving and pier building. Water may be added through water jets in the mandrel or by filling the hopper 22 with water after filling the hopper with aggregate 26.
  • the sacrificial shoe 16 becomes dislodged and remains at the design depth.
  • the aggregate 26 flows out the annular space 18 in the tamper foot 32.
  • the mandrel 10 is raised, typically about 3 feet, and then re-driven back down to compact the aggregate 26 that has flowed out of the mandrel head 20 (or tamper foot 32).
  • Other raising and redriving dimensions may be used. For example, to achieve a wider aggregate pier, the mandrel may be raised 4 or 5 feet and then redriven 3 or 4 feet providing for a greater compacted width of aggregate at a given depth. For applications where smaller widths are desired, the mandrel may be raised 2 feet and redriven 1 foot.
  • the beveled sides 34 of the mandrel head 20 facilitate pushing the aggregate laterally into the sidewalls of the hole and increase the pressure in the surrounding soils.
  • the bevels are tapered at an inclination of about 45 degrees from horizontal.
  • other bevel angles may be used, such as 30 degrees or 60 degrees from horizontal. The steeper the bevel angle from horizontal, the greater the penetration of the aggregate into the surrounding soil mass.
  • the pier is built incrementally from the bottom up. Because the slots 28 extend nearly the full length of the mandrel, the mandrel can be constantly filled from the hopper with aggregate flowing through the slots.

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  1. Système pour la construction de pieux en granulat comprenant :
    un mandrin creux (10) comprenant un corps tubulaire allongé ayant des fentes allongées (28) espacées verticalement dans une paroi latérale (30) dudit mandrin, lesdites fentes verticales (28) comprenant deux séries de fentes allongées s'étendant longitudinalement à travers ledit corps sur des parois latérales opposées sur une longueur principale dudit corps, lesdites fentes allongées étant conçues pour permettre l'écoulement de granulat en leur sein, le granulat remplissant l'intérieur du corps et empêchant les saletés de pénétrer dans le corps en raison du granulat présent dans le corps ;
    une machine de base (12) pour entraîner ledit mandrin de façon généralement verticale dans le sol ;
    une trémie (22) utilisée à la surface du sol (24) à travers laquelle passe ledit mandrin, ladite trémie pouvant être remplie avec ledit granulat de sorte qu'il s'écoule dans ledit mandrin à travers lesdites fentes, remplissant ainsi le mandrin alors qu'il est entraîné vers le bas et empêchant les sols matriciels de pénétrer dans les fentes ; et
    une tête de mandrin (20) sous la forme d'un fouloir et fixée audit mandrin, caractérisé en ce que lesdites fentes allongées ont une largeur au moins deux fois égale à celle de la taille du granulat (26) utilisé avec le système, dans lequel d'une extrémité proximale à une extrémité distale, la somme de la largeur des fentes allongées situées à toute élévation sur ledit corps est inférieure à 50 % de la longueur du périmètre de ladite section transversale de corps à ladite élévation et en ce que la tête de mandrin a une forme biseautée.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le mandrin a une forme cylindrique.
  3. Système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le mandrin a une forme articulée, telle qu'une section transversale hexagonale ou octogonale.
  4. Système selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel le mandrin comprend un arbre de mandrin, et ladite tête de mandrin est plus grande en diamètre que ledit arbre de mandrin.
  5. Système selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel le mandrin comprend un arbre de mandrin, et ladite tête de mandrin a un diamètre extérieur identique à l'arbre de mandrin.
  6. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le granulat est choisi dans le groupe constitué de pierres, matières fines, béton recyclé, asphalte recyclé, scories et autres matériaux de construction.
  7. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre une plaque sacrificielle (16) positionnée dans la partie inférieure dudit mandrin.
  8. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel de l'eau est ajoutée au granulat.
  9. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre une valve positionnée dans la partie inférieure dudit mandrin pour alternativement retenir ledit granulat dans ledit mandrin et libérer ledit granulat à partir d'une partie inférieure dudit mandrin.
  10. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdites fentes allongées espacées verticalement dans une paroi latérale (30) dudit mandrin comprennent deux séries desdites fentes espacées verticalement sur des parois latérales opposées dudit mandrin.
  11. Procédé de construction d'un pieu en granulat dans des sols où la stabilité de paroi latérale d'une cavité verticale est difficile à maintenir, ledit procédé utilisant le système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10 et comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    positionner le mandrin fendu (10) verticalement dans un trou (25) de la trémie (22) placée au niveau du sol (24) ;
    remplir ladite trémie avec un granulat (26) ;
    entraîner ledit mandrin fendu à travers ladite trémie et ledit trou tandis que le granulat s'écoule dans le mandrin à travers des fentes (28) du mandrin, remplissant ainsi le mandrin alors qu'il est entraîné vers le bas et empêchant les sols matriciels de pénétrer dans les fentes ;
    entraîner ledit mandrin pour former un trou à une profondeur verticale souhaitée pendant le remplissage dudit mandrin avec un granulat à travers lesdites fentes ;
    lever ledit mandrin dans ledit trou pour permettre au granulat de s'écouler vers l'extérieur au niveau de la tête du mandrin ; et
    entraîner ledit mandrin vers le bas pour compacter le granulat qui s'est écoulé vers l'extérieur de ladite tête de mandrin dans le trou ; et
    lever et entraîner de nouveau le mandrin (10) vers le bas pour compacter le granulat (26) qui s'est écoulé hors de la tête de mandrin (20).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, dans lequel le levage dudit mandrin dans ledit trou n'est que sur une courte distance pour permettre à un levage de granulat de s'écouler vers l'extérieur dans ledit trou et à l'entraînement dudit mandrin vers le bas de compacter le levage de granulat, et les étapes susmentionnées sont répétées pour chaque levage de granulat alors que le mandrin se déplace vers le haut dans le trou jusqu'à ce que ledit pieu en granulat soit formé.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 11 ou 12, dans lequel ledit entraînement du mandrin vers le bas pour compacter le granulat amène le granulat à pousser latéralement dans les parois latérales du trou et à augmenter la pression dans les sols environnants.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 11, 12 ou 13, dans lequel de l'eau est ajoutée au granulat.
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